Adapting Health Education Material for Deaf Audiences

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-238

  Pollard Jr , Robert Q ^a   Dean, Robyn K ^a   O'Hearn, Amanda ^a   Haynes, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; deaf; health disparities; health education; health literacy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; READING; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

DEAFNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 67549136206     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015772     Document Type: Article

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